Are you trying to tell me that I'm destined to be an old maid?

Well, this well-meaning-older person says that what you're experiencing is pretty common, although you're still young...yeah I said it!

I won't tell you your time will come, because it will and I won't patronize you with words of wisdom that I think I have.Har,har....just enjoy your life as it is now, live in the moment, reach for the goals that you've set for yourself, enjoy the pursuits your heart desires. In time your prince will come! If after say five years that doesn't happen, we'll talk about match making!

Tick, tock, tick, tock takes on a whole 'nuther meaning when you get up here on the summit of Mount DamnNearFifty.

Just wait. You'll see...

Hahaha...no! Everything's gonna be okay! I'm just looking at you with so much life in front of you is all.

SHE...hmmm...let's see...I just got married and I'm 26. I don't think I got my first kiss till I was...23?

Talk about tick, tock, tick, tock.

I want to have babies sometime soon, too...but there's just no way with no jobs right now...we need to wait.

I think that the older you are, the more you KNOW who you are and the marriage is less likely to fail. You know more what you want and you're more secure in who you are. As chicks we're so programmed to *NEED* a man and whatever, and that's so crap.

It's okay to be single. I wish that when I was single I would have actually had been okay with it. It would have been a lot more enjoyable. I was only okay with it for the last few months of it...and then I loved it and had tons more fun...

I didn't get married till I was 31. I remember feeling like this. It's like being homesick while not knowing where home is. Dallas Green of AlexisOnFire, a local band speaks to that poignantly. Comin' Home

...this loneliness and frustration will only bring you closer to your life's love.

Tick, tock, tick, tock takes on a whole 'nuther meaning when you get up here on the summit of Mount DamnNearFifty.

When you get to the other side, you quit thinking about it.  Why worry about that which you cannot control?  Just make sure to enjoy every day!

I know.



Thank you. I actually do get tired of "You'll get married one day" because, you know what? That isn't a guarantee! I might happen, I'll even say probably... but not for sure. And most of the time, I don't let it bother me. Just every once and a while, all I hear is that bloody tick tock and it gets my mind to thinking. (thinking, dangerous, I know, but sometimes I can't help it)



Oh lord, I hate blind dates!



You sound like a friend of mine. She's 23 and never been kissed, so she's got it much worse than I do.



Most of the time, I'm ok with being a single girl. Actually, I enjoy it. I can flirt with whomever I wish, go out whenever I want, and I don't have to give anyone a second thought if I decide to pack up and move to Ireland. I have a lot of freedom and independence that a lot of people don't get to have. My mom has never lived on her own, never lived by herself. I'm used to it. She has never taken a trip alone, I've driven to Canada. And I'm fortunate enough not to think that I *need* a man... I just want one from time to time.



That's probably the best description ever written about how I feel.



Well, it's good to know that if I do become an old maid, I'll stop worrying about it one day. I refuse to become a cat lady though. I much prefer dogs.

Mrowww! Julie Newmar! Pant pant pant!

Have you ever seen "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"? She plays Dorcus. It's definitely strange when you realize that's Cat Woman wearing petticoats and singing.

I saw it many many years ago. But it was not until I saw it recently that I realized it was her (she was going by a different name).

As for the singing - have you ever seen Paint your Wagon? Clint Eastwood AND Lee Marvin sing in that one!   

Yes, and I still have nightmares!

I read that last semester in 20th century poetry. It was probably one of my favorites from the 1900's. That and "My Bog is Dood" by Stevie Smith.

I'm still going to have kids, though. It's the hazing ideology... if they put me through it, I'm putting someone else through it too!